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Airport Programs & Guidance
The FAA ensures the national airport system is safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible and meets the needs of the traveling public.
News & Highlights
- 2013-2017 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
This update identifies 3,355 public-use airports that are significant to U.S. air transportation and eligible to receive Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants. It also incorporates the new general aviation categories identified in the May 2012 report, General Aviation Airports: A National Asset. - AC 150/5300-13A, Airport Design
This version, the first major rewrite since 1989, incorporates all previous changes to AC 150/5300-13 as well as new standards and technical requirements. Among the principal changes are an interactive table on runway design requirements, a new Runway Design Code, new Taxiway Design Group categories, clarification on permissible land use in the Runway Protection Zone, updated aircraft characteristics, and guidance on new design elements to mitigate runway incursions. - General Aviation Airports: A National Asset
Documents an 18-month study of the nearly 3,000 general aviation airports, heliports, and seaplane bases identified in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). - Subscribe to FAA Web Pages
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ACs, Forms, & Publications
Contact FAA Airports Offices
Data & Statistics
- AIP Grant & Apportionment Data
- Airport Data & Contact Information
- Airport Operations & Ranking Reports from Air Traffic Activity Data System
- Passenger Boarding & All-Cargo Data
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Tools & Other Resources
Airport Improvement Program
Airport Compliance
- Airport Financial Reporting
- Complaints (Parts 13 and 16)
- Residential Through-the-Fence Toolkit
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Airport Safety & Certification
- Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF)
- Part 139 Airport Certification
- Safety Management Systems (SMS)
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Engineering, Design, & Construction
Environmental Issues
- Airport Noise
- Airport Sustainability
- NEPA Implementing Instructions for Airport Projects (Order 5050.4)
- Voluntary Airport Low Emissions Program
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Passenger Facility Charge Program
Planning & Capacity
- Capacity Needs in the National Airspace System, 2007-2025 (FACT 2) (PDF)
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
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Regional Guidance
- Alaskan
- Central (IA, KS, MO, NE)
- Eastern (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV)
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, MN, ND, OH, SD, WI)
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Northwest Mountain (CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY)
- Southern (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, PR, SC, TN, VI)
- Southwest (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
- Western-Pacific (AZ, CA, HI, NV, GU, AS, MH)
Research & Development
Runway Safety
Special Programs
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